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pilots are actual betas in a sense, and thus not this trope


* ObviousBeta: The [[{{Pilot}} two "test" episodes]], recorded on a different set than the series. The first "test" show had Off the Air as a ''category'', eliminating whoever picked it right then and there.
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Per wick cleanup.


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* CelebrityEdition: Occasionally done, with the most notable being a match between Music/LLCoolJ, comedienne [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Julie]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Brown]], and Music/WeirdAlYankovic. Al won in a runaway, and aced the BonusRound to boot. (That episode also had a cameo from Creator/MollyRingwald, who just happened to be in the audience watching.)

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* CelebrityEdition: Occasionally done, with the endgame played for $5,000 (runners-up earning $1,000), and the most notable being a match between Music/LLCoolJ, comedienne [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Julie]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Brown]], and Music/WeirdAlYankovic. Al won in a runaway, and aced the BonusRound to boot. (That episode also had a cameo from Creator/MollyRingwald, who just happened to be in the audience watching.)
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* BigEater: Some of the episodes shot on location during MTV Spring Break rewarded this. The contestants were given trays of hot dogs or something similar at the start of Round 2 and could score extra points for each one they ate before the end of the game.
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** MTV (season 1): Nine monitors playing nine music videos, some sideways, upside down etc. The player had to identify the artists in 30 seconds while strapped onto a [[ProductPlacement Craftmatic Adjustable Bed]].
** Syndicated: Players were strapped to the "[[Series/WheelOfFortune Wheel of]] Series/{{Jeopardy}}", surrounded by ten monitors. A category is presented, then ten questions are asked. Each correct answer lit a monitor; after all 10 questions were asked, the wheel was stopped and if the player's head landed on a lit monitor, or the player got all 10 right, they won.

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** MTV (season 1): Nine monitors playing nine music videos, some sideways, sideways or upside down etc.down. The player had to identify the artists in 30 seconds while strapped onto a [[ProductPlacement Craftmatic Adjustable Bed]].
** Syndicated: Players were strapped to the "[[Series/WheelOfFortune Wheel of]] Series/{{Jeopardy}}", surrounded by ten monitors. A category is presented, then ten The host asked 10 questions are asked. Each in a single category while the wheel spun, and every correct answer lit a monitor; after all 10 questions were asked, one of the monitors. The wheel was stopped then allowed to slow down and if stop; the player's contestant won the day's grand prize if their head landed on pointed at a lit monitor, or the player got all 10 right, by default if they won.answered every question correctly.



* CoveredInGunge: Whenever it was "Snack Break" time, the contestants would hold up some bowls and try to catch the food dropped from above- it didn't really work.

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* CoveredInGunge: Whenever it was "Snack Break" time, the contestants would hold up some bowls and try to catch the food dropped from above- it didn't really work. Averted at times if the snack was too heavy or messy to dump on the contestants; it would be lowered on trays or brought to them by the hostess.

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